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Anne Lawrence

Anne Lawrence

Welcome, everyone, to the 2009-10 academic year. It’s always exciting to greet students and faculty as they arrive, fresh and eager, ready to embark on a year of new experiences. Most folks don’t realize that the NEJS office is open year-round, and that even when students and faculty are away, we are diligently preparing for the next semester. Although it’s not readily apparent, quite a bit of preparation goes into developing the forms and materials that await you once you return for the fall.

This is my 20th year at Brandeis, and my tenth in the NEJS department. I’ve worked here all these years because I love what I do. My role as Senior Administrator of the department is to facilitate the Brandeis education by doing whatever it takes to help our teachers to teach, and our students to learn. That role involves work behind-the-scenes, lots of planning, problem solving and organization!

I care deeply about this department and love working with the "nation of NEJS." Our eminent professors number about 18, with three to four visiting faculty per year. We have roughly 80 graduate students (both master’s and doctoral), and hundreds of undergraduate majors, minors and students in Hebrew, Arabic and IMES. It’s gratifying watching our students as they progress from ‘day one’ all the way to graduation day. The enthusiasm students have for NEJS courses and NEJS faculty is heart-warming.

Please stop in to the NEJS office (Lown 211) to introduce yourselves when you can. After all, it's that personal touch (and our bottomless M&M machine) that makes NEJS so special.